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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.104
People
George Wesley Bellows, American (Columbus, OH 1882 - 1925 New York, NY)
Title
Lady Jean
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1924
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308740

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black lithographic crayon on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
55.9 x 34.1 cm (22 x 13 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1928; bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.104
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
This is a study for a painting now at the Yale University art Gallery. The subject is the artist's daughter, who was nine at the time.

Publication History

  • George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 1946), p. 51, no. 76; repr., p. 81
  • Diamond Jubilee Exhibition: Masterpieces of Drawing, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1950), no. 112, repr.
  • George Bellows: a retrospective exhibition, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1957), no. 74, repr. p. 107
  • Dessins Americains du XVIIIe siecle a nos jours, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (Rouen, France, 1960), no. 6; repr. on cover
  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 69, repr.
  • The Drawings of George Bellows, Borden Publishing Company (Alhambra, CA, 1973), repr. in b/w (unpaginated)
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present, Harper & Row (New York, NY, 1976), p. 291, fig. 251

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Mead Art Museum, 1931, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, 06/10/1931 - 06/22/1931
  • Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 02/24/1938 - 06/01/1938
  • George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 01/31/1946 - 03/10/1946
  • Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
  • American Drawings, 17th through 20th Centuries, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 04/03/1948 - 05/30/1948
  • The Diamond Jubilee, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 11/04/1950 - 02/11/1951
  • Unidentified Exhibition, American Academy of Art and Letters, 1953, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 12/04/1953 - 12/23/1953
  • George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/19/1957 - 02/24/1957
  • Dessins Americains du XVIIIe Siecle a nos jours, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, 06/19/1960 - 07/18/1960
  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Lincoln Laboratory, 1968, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 07/01/1968 - 09/01/1968
  • American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 11/23/1976 - 01/23/1977
  • The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995
  • George Bellows in Woodstock, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, 02/21/2004 - 05/16/2004
  • Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) 19th Century French Portrait Drawings, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2009 - 08/30/2009

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